Emily Llamazales combines sculpture, writing, and photography to address concerns about our ecological future. She holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studio Art and Design from the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art (2019), was selected as a finalist for the 2023 Emerging Artist Fellowship by Atlanta Celebrates Photography, awarded a 2022/2023 Emerging Artist Award from the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and is a recipient of a 2022 Idea Capital Grant (Atlanta).

Informed by the adaptability and mimicry of invasive species and creatures of the deep sea, her work is designed to emphasize what these life forms can teach us and theorize what traits we may develop to adapt to climate change. Her visual language provides hope for a more equitable, non-anthropocentric future that will foster deeper sustainability and interconnectedness.

Recent exhibitions include They Will Not Complete It In Their Lifetimes, a three-person show at Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta (2025), Tracing a Spiral, a duo show with Daniel Jorgenson at Blue Boy, Savannah (2025), Mörk Materia at MINT (2024), and a two person presentation at NADA Miami alongside Sam Newton with Cleo the Gallery (2023). Llamazales previously served as the Program and Development Coordinator at Burnaway, a non-profit magazine of contemporary art criticism from the South and is currently working as a grant writer for non-profits.